The Rules O' The Pool

The winner of the 2024 Pool will receive $250 via PayPal or CashApp!

 

  1. Each player will choose 13 celebrities they believe will die in the upcoming year.
    * The main body of each roster will be the first ten picks.
    * The remaining three picks are unique:
    * Young Pick: Pick any celebrity between 18 and 29 years old. No Minors!
    * Old Pick: Pick any celebrity between 91 and 99 years old.
    * Spite Pick: Pick any celebrity that you wish were dead. If your spite pick dies, you receive a Bonus 5 Points!
           It must be a genuine spite pick, not someone who is terminally ill.
  2. Any celebrity weighing over 500 lbs. counts as 2 picks.
  3. If a player is the only one to pick a celebrity, you receive a Bonus 5 Points!
  4. Picks are scored by their age at time of death subtracted from 100. Do your homework!
  5. Players may take no part in the death of any celebrity on their roster.
  6. There are three trade-out rounds: the first weekends of March, July, and October. Each player will have the opportunity to trade out one of their celebrities. Once you trade a celebrity, you cannot use that celebrity again the rest of the year. After the March trade-outs, picks are locked and the picks for all players go public. In July, you can trade any celebrity on your roster other than your Young Pick or your Spite Pick. In October, you can swap out a celebrity from any category.
  7. Each celebrity must have a Wikipedia page, or the pick will be rejected, unless the person is widely known in pop culture. The Commish has the authority to accept or reject a pick and my word is final!
  8. Submit rosters to [email protected] or via a DM on X. When submitting rosters, include a link to each celeb’s Wikipedia page, unless they are extremely well-known.
  9. Entry fee is $25 and is payable by PayPal friends/family to [email protected] or by CashApp to $CelebrityPool. Links on homepage.

2024 Trade Round Rules

Please read the rules before submitting!

Trade Round #1

Trades open at the strike of midnight on 3/1 and close Sunday 3/3 at 11:59pm ET.

  • You can trade only ONE of the names on your list (except for spite or under 30) for a new celeb. Once you have submitted, you can’t change your mind, and you cannot get that celeb back later in the year.
  • Celebs can’t be famous only for an imminent death, be missing, in a coma, or on Death Row. 
  • The standard for celebrity for the trade round is a Wikipedia page so please send me their Wiki link if they’re lesser known.
  • You can either reply to this tweet with your trade, or DM me.
  • Your trade will not go into effect until midnight 3/1 or whenever you send in your trade after that during the weekend. If by some miracle your trade pick dies before then, you don’t get the points.
  • After this trade round, the full list will be revealed and solos will be locked in for the rest of the year.
  • The next trade round is not until July

Trade Round #2

Trades open midnight on 7/4 and close Sunday 7/7 at 11:59pm ET.

  • You can trade any of the names on your list – except for spite or under 30. Once you have submitted, you can’t change your mind. Trades go into effect as soon as I confirm them.
  • Once a celeb turns 100, the name is Xed off your list and you can’t trade him/her.
  • Celebs can’t be famous only for an imminent death, be missing, in a coma, or on Death Row. 
  • The standard for celebrity for the trade round is a Wikipedia page so please send me their Wiki link if they’re lesser known.
  • Once you’ve traded out a celeb, you can’t get them back. 
  • Solo picks are now locked in. If you choose a name another player has a solo on, you’ll have the chance to pick someone else. 
  • And, finally, a friendly reminder what we score age of death subtracted by 100, and the goal of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible. Everyone in the current Top 10 has at least 50 points, so choose accordingly. 
  • The next trade round is in October.

Trade Round #3 – LAST TRADE OF 2024

Trades open 10/4 midnight and close Sunday 10/6 at 11:59 ET.

  • You can trade ONE name on your list. Once you have submitted, you can’t change your mind. Trades go into effect as soon as I confirm them.
  • This is the only round where you can switch out your spite or under 30, but your new pick must abide by the same rules (18-29 y.o. or a true spite, not terminally ill) or else it will be rejected and you will have forfeited your trade.
  • Celebs can’t be famous only for an imminent death, be missing, in a coma, or on Death Row.
  • The standard for “celebrity” is they must have a Wikipedia page so please send me their Wiki link if they are lesser known.
  • Solo picks have been locked in since March. If you accidentally choose a name another player has a solo on, you’ll have the chance to pick someone else. 
  • Please just send me who you want to trade out and the new name you want to swap in. Do not send me a whole list.
  • And, finally, a reminder what we score age of death subtracted by 100, and the goal of the game is to accumulate as many points as possible, so trade accordingly. 
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